What is recorded here

Mortons and company built a circular fort on the low ridge, perhaps as a boundary marker or small stronghold before the area became pasture. The earth bank and stone foundation still trace a nineteen-metre ring, though trees and scrub now occupy the centre. It is the kind of place where human ambition and fairy tale both claim the same forgotten shape.

On a low ridge in rough pasture. Depicted as a circular enclosure with the designation 'Fort' on the 1837 ed. of the OS 6-inch map. A report in 1976 (SMR file) indicates that this raised circular area (diam. c. 19m) was enclosed by a bank of earth and stone and an external fosse. It is defined by fragmentary remains of wall foundations (Wth 0.75m; H 0.3m) from SE-SSE-S and elsewhere by a low scarp (H 0.3-0.4m). The original entrance is not recognisable. The interior is occupied by mature deciduous trees and scrub. Possibly a rath that was adapted and reused as a landscape feature. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 26 August 2011

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